Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '19 at 02:54
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 147 2-Core 274 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 795 76% 629 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 154 Parallax 145 115% 147 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 138 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 60 69 74 77 82 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 60% Great: 98%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 210GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 296 296 297 296 297 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 449 Mixed 375 SusWrite 309 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 43.4 153% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 306 234% 317 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 124%
Asmt ASM105x 500GB 167 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 154GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 253 245 276 281 288 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 333 Write 322 Mixed 198 SusWrite 272 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 15.2 49% 16.3 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 81.8 76% 116 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 77%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 176 177 180 178 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 174 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 178 99% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3111 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 31.1 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 29.8 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 106%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,368x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	783x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,029x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	941x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	485x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	257x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	224x

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Total price: $962

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16